Integrated Sustainable Sanitation Project

Proposal Document

Integrated Sustainable Sanitation Project

on banks of River Cauvery

India

Submitted by

World Toilet Organization

Singapore

in Partnership with

Society for Community Organisation and Peoples Education

India

CONTENTS

1. Project Overview 3

2. Objectives 3

2.1 Overall objectives 3

2.2 Quantitative objectives 4

3. Location 4

3.1 Background information 5

3.2 SCOPE’s Sustainable Sanitation experience 5

4. Expected Outcomes of the Project 6

4.1. Expected Outcomes 6

4.1.1. Construction 6

4.1.2. Training 6

4.1.3. Awareness raising 7

4.2. Key Activities 7

5. Project Cost Estimates 8

6. Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation 10

6.1 Stakeholders and their roles 10

6.2. Implementation plan 11

6.3. Project Sustainability and Exit Strategy 12

6.4. Monitoring and Evaluation 12

6.5. Project Team 12

7. Annexure 14

Annexure A 14

Annexure B 15

Annexure C 16

1.  Project Overview

Project Name / Integrated Sustainable Sanitation Project along banks of River Cauvery, Tamil Nadu, India
Partners / Society for Community Organisation and Peoples Education (SCOPE)
Co-implementing Partners/agencies / District Rural Development Agency, Trichy and the Village Communities
Project Location / 5 pre-identified villages on the banks of River Cauvery, India
Duration / 2 years à 2008 - 2009
Expected Results / ¨  1200 families stop open defecation and use toilets
¨  1200 families understand and use Urine-Diversion by-products
¨  750 school children get to use toilets in their schools and understand the importance of cleanliness through training programs
¨  Potentially, 2,100 school girls continue education because of toilets and better sanitation facilities
¨  A community sanitation centre – Women Sanitary Complex - with Urine-Diversion toilets (also for children), bathing and washing facility. The targeted number of beneficiaries is women and children in 70 families
¨  600 families produce vermicompost which supplement the practice sustainable organic farming along with the Urine-Diversion by-products
¨  Fall in potential incidence of sanitation related diseases
¨  Capacity building exercises through booklets, pamphlets, video films, lectures, photographs etc. will improve the health and hygiene of over 5000 families
Total Estimated Project Cost / INR 1,84,37,000
Potentially secured funds / INR 29,40,000
Funds Requested / INR 1,54,97,000

2. Objectives

2.1 Overall objectives

·  To provide efficient environmental sanitation systems through sustainable and demand driven approach involving active community participation;

·  To impart education on health, hygiene and sanitation to students of all rural schools in the pre-identified locations;

·  To reduce incidence of water and sanitation related diseases;

·  To mobilize rural communities to improve the standard of health of the identified target population; and

·  To strengthen the Gramasabha and Panchayatraj Institution[1] (PRI) and to promote active participation in community development activities, focusing on sanitation.

2.2  Quantitative objectives

·  Construction of 1200 Individual Urine-Diversion toilets

·  Construction of Two School Urine-Diversion toilets

·  Construction of One Integrated Urine-Diversion Women Sanitary Complex

·  Repairing 10 School Toilets and installation of incinerators for sanitary napkins’ disposal

·  Construction of 2 Greywater management systems to prevent contamination of ground water due to untreated grey water

·  Construction of 600 Vermi Compost Units;

·  5 Demonstration plots for application of compost and urine for agriculture

·  Training of 1200 families on sustainable sanitation and hygiene practices;

·  Training for over 750 school children on school sanitation and hygiene practices;

·  Training to 400 Self Help Group members on Sustainable Sanitation and efficient water management practices;

·  Training in Vermicomposting to 600 families;

·  Production of one ECOSAN – Urine Diversion Documentary film

·  Establishment of Ecosan Resource Centre for the follow up training and hand-holding to ensure project sustainability

3. Location

The Project will be implemented in five pre-identified villages situated on the banks of the River Cauvery, a major irrigation and drinking water source in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The villages identified are Musiri, Sevanthilingapuram, Vellore, Ayyampalayam and Gunaseelam. All these villages are located on the banks of the river, where agriculture is the most important economic activity.

MUSIRI BLOCK

3.1 Background information

·  Atleast 80% of the people do not have toilets and do open defecation, affecting the river water quality, and thereby resulting in waterborne diseases leading to high infant mortality, high medical expenses, low saving ability, and malnutrition among all especially children;

·  The rainy season results in flooding and collapse of pit latrines leading to possible health hazards and contamination; further, they bathe themselves in the same river;

·  During the non-rainy season, people defecate on the river bank, severely contaminating the underground water sources;

·  Alternate sanitation systems like pit latrines and septic tanks have many limitations with regard to their usability as well as the potential structural and environmental impacts;

·  Schools do not have toilets nor have poorly maintained toilets, and students restore to open defecation, making the school environment unhygienic and dirty. This also results in high rate of girls’ dropout from schools; and

·  Blackwater from septic tanks and toilets are discharged onto roads and drains, thereby creating potential water contamination and water cesspools which give way for other spin-off effects like malaria.

3.2 SCOPE’s Sustainable Sanitation experience

From 2002, SCOPE designed URINE-DIVERSION Composting Toilet at its training center in Thanneerpandal where urine and wash water was collected together and faeces in a drop hole, and successfully demonstrated the usability of the Urine-Diversion toilet. Following from this success, 18 houses were provided these model toilets in Kaliyapalayam, and the residents of Sevanthilingapuram village also adopted this model. SCOPE with the help of UNICEF constructed 218 Household Centered Environmental Sanitation Toilet (HCEST) in the village and later about 200 HCESTs in Musiri with the help of WASTE of Netherlands.

Following exposure from many national and international conferences, SCOPE inline with ECOSAN concepts and in consultation with the users of the toilets, came out with a three-in-one model, in which urine, wash water and faeces were collected separately. The urine and wash water were used for watering kitchen gardens near the toilet, and the compost in the drop hole for raising different crops and plants. Considering the importance of toilets the beneficiaries have also made financial contribution for the toilets.

SCOPE has also designed two URINE-DIVERSION Community Compost Toilets the first of its kind in India in Musiri, with WASTE support, and they are functioning since 2006.

The residents of the pre-identified villages acknowledge and understand the potential advantages of Urine Diversion toilets because of the visible impacts these toilets have made in lives of few families in the Kaliyapalayam, and Sevanthilingapuram villages.

4. Expected Outcomes of the Project

4.1. Expected Outcomes

4.1.1. Construction

a)  1200 household urine diversion toilets

¨  Clean hygienic, open-defecation free village

b)  TWO URINE-DIVERSION SCHOOL TOILETS WITH SANITARY NAPKIN DISPOSAL FACILITY

¨  Attitude and behavior of children will change towards sanitation with reduction in girls’ dropout and improving personal hygiene of girls

c) REPAIRING SCHOOL TOILETS AND INSTALL SANITARY INCINERATOR IN 10 SCHOOLS

¨  School environment will improve with reduction in girls’ dropout and improving personal hygiene of girls

d)  INTEGRATED URINE-DIVERSION WOMEN SANITARY COMPLEX

¨  The facility will lead to an all round improvement in their quality of life. Enable better social interaction when they meet in complex. Small children will be protected from ill-effects of contaminated water and learn to use toilets.

e)  600 VERMI COMPOST UNITS

¨  Users will better understand Urine-Diversion products and their use in agriculture. Organic farming will improve production and reduce contamination of soil and water caused chemical fertilizers

f)  WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT

¨  Reusing treated water (about 10 cu.m) will help availability of same water for farming and alternate energy in the form of biogas can be generated which can be used for cooking thereby saving energy.

4.1.2.  Training

a)  TRAINING FOR 1200 households ON SUSTAINABLE SANITATION AND GOOD HYGIENE PRACTICES

¨  Will be trained in hygienic practices like hand washing, handling of water, food hygiene, re-use of used water, etc.

b)  TRAINING FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH HYGIENE KITS

¨  Unique School Sanitation and hygiene education programs developed by World Toilet College will be used to train school children, and this will be supplemented with hygiene kits which will result in the sustainability of the learning at school back to their respective homes.

c)  TRAINING TO 400 SHG MEMBERS

¨  SHG members directly interact with residents and can continue to educate the community.

d)  DEMONSTRATION PLOTS FOR APPLICATION OF URINE AND COMPOST

¨  Farmers will understand the advantages of using urine and faeces for farming purpose

4.1.3.  Awareness raising

·  IEC Urine Diversion films

·  Production of prototype models at Resource Centre

·  Training for masons at Resource Centre

·  Pilot Project / Wastewater Treatment

·  Two demonstration Plots in each one of the villages

4.2. Key Activities

The construction of URINE-DIVERSION Compost Toilet and capacity building will be the main activities.

The key activities are tabulated above (Table 1) with their expected outcomes.

ACTIVITY / EXPECTED OUTCOME(S)
Construction Activity / Clean hygienic, open defecation free village
Children’s attitude and behavior will change
School environment will improve; Girls drop out will come down
All round improvement in their quality of life
Users understand and use Urine-Diversion products
Organic farming will improve production reduce contamination of soil and water caused chemical fertilizers
Training / Community will understand the important role Ecosan can play in uplifting the quality of life
Community will understand the importance of water and learn to respect it
Demonstration plots / Farmers will visually understand the advantages of using urine, and compost for farming thereby promoting better food production through organic farming.
Pollution of water and soil by using urine and compost as against chemical fertilizers
Waste water treatment plant / Reusing treated water will help availability of same water for farming. Biogas generated can be used for cooking and will be saving energy.
Resource Centre / Public will come to know better of all aspects of Urine-Diversion for replication, scaling up and extension of the project to the entire district and to the state.
IEC Urine-Diversion Film Production / Awareness about Urine Diversion toilet system and its advantages
Hygiene kits / Children will know and follow hygienic practices. This will in turn help parents and community also knowing of the good practices.
Documentation / Evaluation and monitoring of the project on a continuous basis with monthly progress reports, quarterly reports and annual reports.

Table 1. List of key activities with their expected outcomes

5. Project Cost Estimates

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No. / Particulars / 1st Year
Rs. / 2nd year
Rs. / Total
Rs.
I / TRAINING SECTION
1 / Orientation Training to Staff
10 Staff and 16 Animators Total 26
Administrative Staff 2 Nos.
Coordinator 2 Nos.
Male & Female 20 Nos.
2 days Training 30 x Rs.200 / day for 2 days / 12,000 / 12,000 / 24,000
2 / PRA Exercise 5 Nos. in each village / 50,000 / - / 50,000
3 / Training to SHG Members
2 Training 40 persons / Training for
5 Villages x 3 time x Total 20 Trainings
40 x Rs.100 x 2 x 5 x 2 years / 40,000 / 40,000 / 80,000
4 / Training for School Children
50 Children per Training - 3 Training per year
for 5 Villages Total 45 Nos.
50 x Rs.50 x 3 x 5 x 2 years = / 37,500 / 37,500 / 75,000
School Hygiene Kit 750 x 100 = / 37,500 / 37,500 / 75,000
5 / Urine-Diversion and Vermi Compost
Training - 1200 persons / 1,20,000 / 1,20,000 / 2,40,000
6 / Documentation, Exposure Visit / 35,000 / 55,000 / 90,000
7 / Urine-Diversion Documentary Film production / 1,00,000 / 1,00,000
8 / Resource Centre/Different models, Production of Urine-Diversion Construction materials (prototypes) / 10,00,000 / 10,00,000 / 20,00,000
9 / Masonry Training 50 Masons – 10 days
Women and Men (Stipends, Food & snacks and teaching materials for 50 masons)
50xRs.200x10 = 1,00,000
Tools 50 xRs.500 = 25,000
Moulds 5 x Rs.2000 = 10,000 / 1,35,000 / - / 1,35,000
Total for Training Section / 14,67,000 / 14,02,000 / 28,69,000
II / CONSTRUCTION SECTION
10 / Construction of URINE-DIVERSION Toilets
Total Cost per Unit Rs.5500/- for 500 Units in the first year
Total Cost per Unit Rs.5700/- for 700 Units in the second year.
Peoples Contribution Rs.1000/- per unit
Govt. Contribution Rs.1200/- per unit
BUDGET FOR:
Rs.3300/- per unit Ist year 500 Units
Rs.3500/- per unit IInd year 700 Units / 16,50,000 / 24,50,000 / 41,00,000
11 / Construction of One Urine-Diversion Women Sanitary
Complex model / ** / 5,00,000 / 5,00,000
12 / Construction of School URINE-DIVERSION urine Separation Toilets 2 Nos. (model) / 1,50,000 / 2,50,000 / 4,00,000
13 / Pilot Project – Waste Water Treatment 2 Nos. / 7,00,000 / 3,00,000 / 10,00,000
14 / School toilet repairing, Sanitary Napkin Incinerator arrangement (10 schools x 20,000 each) / 1,00,000 / 1,00,000 / 2,00,000
15 / Vermi Composting – 600 Nos.
Total Rs. 2000 Per Unit
Rs.500 Peoples Contribution
Budget for Rs.1500 per unit
1st Year 250 Units, IInd year 350 Units / 3,75,000 / 5,25,000 / 9,00,000
16 / Agri Demonstration plots 5 Villages, 10 Nos.
Rs.30,000 Each / 1,50,000 / 1,50,000 / 3,00,000
17 / Travel cost for Construction and Motivations
Staff : Rs. 10,000 x 12 months x 2 years / 1,20,000 / 1,20,000 / 2,40,000
Total for Construction Section / 32,45,000 / 43,95,000 / 76,40,000
III / REPORTS & DOCUMENTATION SECTION
19 / Documentation
Photos, Power Point , booklets, Reports etc., / 1,00,000 / 1,00,000 / 2,00,000
20 / Review
Review after 1 year / - / 20,000 / 20,000
21 / Evaluation
Internal and External / 50,000 / 2,00,000 / 2,50,000
Total for Reports & Documentation / 1,50,000 / 3,20,000 / 4,70,000
IV / ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION
22 / Administration
Staff 10 Nos. 10x5000x12 / 6,00,000 / 6,00,000 / 1,200,000
Animators 16 Nos. Rs.2000/- per month 16x2000x12 / 3,84,000 / 3,84,000 / 768,000
Coordinators 2 Nos. Rs.7500 x 2x 12 / 1,80,000 / 1,80,000 / 360,000
Programme Director Rs.10000 x 12 / 1,20,000 / 1,20,000 / 240,000
Stationeries and Postage Consumables / 50,000 / 60,000 / 110,000
Office Rent Telephone etc, Rs.10000x12 / 1,20,000 / 1,20,000 / 240,000
Total for Administrative Section / 14,54,000 / 14,64,000 / 29,18,000
V / MANAGEMENT, MONITORING AND EVALUATION AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT COSTS (@ 11 % OF Project costs) / 8,00,000 / 8,00,000 / 16,00,000
Grand Total of the funds requested: (section, I, II, III, & IV) / 71,16,000 / 83,81,000 / 1,54,97,000
1,17,077,000
Funded :
1). Urine-Diversion Toilets :
Local Contribution : / Each Rs. 1000/- x 1200 toilets / 12,00,000
Govt. DRDA Contribution / Each : Rs. 1200/- x 1200 toilets / 14,40,000
Sub total ; / 26,40,000
2) Vermi Compost :
Training for each unit : / Rs. 500/- x 600 units / 3,00,000
FUNDED / Local contribution Total : / 29,40,000
FUNDED / 29,40,000
FUNDS REQUESTED : / 1,54,97,000
In USD / 400,000
TOTAL PROJECT COST : / 1,84,37.000
In USD / 460,000

6. Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

6.1 Stakeholders and their roles

SCOPE